One of eight children, Mr. Yazdani, who is now 30, grew up in a cramped apartment in the slum of Aman Nagar B, in a narrow alley that smells of sewage in Hyderabad’s Old City. He beat the odds, earning an engineering degree and landing a job as a quality inspector in Saudi Arabia for nearly four years, before returning to India.

While abroad, he began watching the Islamic State’s online propaganda, and soon he became consumed by a desire to leave it all for the caliphate.

“Since then, I was inclined to join Islamic State and work for the cause of religion,” Mr. Yazdani told investigators from India’s National Investigation Agency, according to his interrogation record, which was obtained by The Times and was first reported by NDTV, a New Delhi-based television company.

He logged into Twitter and searched the hashtags #ISIS and #Khilafa, the terrorist group’s preferred spelling of caliphate. In a few keystrokes, he made contact with Amriki.

“I created a Telegram ID,” Mr. Yazdani told investigators, “and sought his guidance to reach Syria.”

Propagandhi711 wrote:"sad", huh?

confuzzled dude wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:"sad", huh?

How would you describe it? Please let us know. These folks (him and the lady from san bernardino) appears to have come from decent families in their home contries, didn't appear to be overtly religious till they went through some kind of transformation during their stays in Saudi Arabia.

Propagandhi711 wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:"sad", huh?

How would you describe it? Please let us know. These folks (him and the lady from san bernardino) appears to have come from decent families in their home contries, didn't appear to be overtly religious till they went through some kind of transformation during their stays in Saudi Arabia.

yeah saudi arabia is the root of extremism in every corner of the world. makes for a pretty good narrative and helps us avoid the 4 ton white elephant in the room.

Propagandhi711 wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:"sad", huh?

How would you describe it? Please let us know. These folks (him and the lady from san bernardino) appears to have come from decent families in their home contries, didn't appear to be overtly religious till they went through some kind of transformation during their stays in Saudi Arabia.

yeah saudi arabia is the root of extremism in every corner of the world. makes for a pretty good narrative and helps us avoid the 4 ton white elephant in the room.